Bilal Bashir Bhat
Srinagar, Sep 28 (Only Kashmir): Amidst the worrisome braid chopping incidents in length and breadth of Kashmir, the residents of Housing Colony, Sanat Nagar Srinagar got panicked Wednesday late evening for the third consecutive day after the rumors of ‘ghost walking’ fuelled superstition in the area. However, later it found that a group of teenagers where playing a prank, what they call humorous adventure with the pedestrians.
According to the locals, there were rumors of ghost walking in the area from last several days, which had created fear and panic among the residents. However on Wednesday late night a pedestrian successfully grabbed the ‘ghost’ and left him exposed.
The man instead of succumbing to the shock captured the ‘ghost’ and found that some teenagers dressed in black outfit and wearing a scaring mask used to act a practical joke with pedestrians of the area.
Soon after the incident, people assembled at the spot and heaved a sigh of relief. The pranksters who used to come with cameras for filming staged pranks were later set freed on the recommendations of the elders of area.
Mushtaq ul Haq Sikandar, one of the prominent young writers of Valley, who also resides in the same area, while talking to Onlykashmir.in said such way of ‘adventures’ are unacceptable particularly when it comes to Kashmir, adding, this can cause a cardiac arrest and sometimes death of a person.
